I wanted to mention the Spiritualist Worldview as a serious competitor to Christian Theism generally and, in particular, to New Testament Christianity. But, moving past this challenge, I want to discuss what has become a wildly pervasive philosophical movement known as “Postmodernism.” Modernity, generally speaking, is understood in the West as the naturalism that developed since the 1600s in the Enlightenment. Postmodernism is a wholesale rejection of the almost total deification of the scientific method within modernity.
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Following the Dark Ages, two very powerful cultural forces emerged in Europe. One movement was the Protestant Reformation while the other was the Renaissance. The great figures of the Reformation are noted in most courses on Western Civilization. However, in most secular institutes of higher learning, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and especially the success of the Natural Sciences, are more closely studied. Modernity is essentially understood as the triumph of Naturalism as a worldview (cf. Baumer)1.
Read MoreThis article represents an attempt to: (1) define presuppositional apologetics; and (2) show why such a method is ultimately defective.
Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984) was one of the better known presuppositionalists. His method of approach consisted of assuming a worldview, drawing the implications inherent within that particular worldview, and then testing those implications for truth.
Read MoreThere is no such thing as a scientific proof or disproof of God. Science, as such, is not equipped to deal with the subject of origins (origin of the universe, origin of first life, and origin of new life forms). Amazingly, though, when the question of origins comes up in an academic setting, it is most often discussed in, of all places, science classrooms.
Read MoreDuring the FOX News February 27 broadcast of The O’Reilly Factor, Mr. Bill O’Reilly stated that the New Testament Gospel writers contradict each other, in addition to implying that the Bible contains other errors. On February 26, as the Factor Tip of the Day, Mr. O’Reilly urged his viewers to present what they believe in a “rational way.” As the following article sets forth, to be rational means that one honors the law of rationality. This means that one should draw only such conclusions as are warranted by the evidence. This article provides a sound base for responding to such claims as those made by Mr. O’Reilly.
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